Their timing was good, as England name their squad for the forthcoming series with South Africa on Thursday.

Harmison's 12-over burst in the morning brought him the crucial wickets of England captain Michael Vaughan and talented left-hander Adam Lyth and put Durham on the way to victory inside three days at Headingley Carnegie.

Hoggard then became the centre of attention by grabbing two wickets in five balls as Durham slipped to 8-2 before they were rushed to their modest 111 target by Michael Di Venuto and Paul Collingwood - who enjoyed an unbroken century stand.

Durham were able to celebrate the double over Yorkshire, who started the game as leaders and both teams now stand on 77 points.

After Yorkshire resumed on 88-2, they reached lunch on 209-5 in their second innings, a lead of only 46, despite a fightback from 13-2, and were all out for 273.

Vaughan and Adam Lyth lifted their partnership to 138 before Lyth was caught behind off Steve Harmison for 80 - his highest first-class score and maiden first-class 50.

Vaughan, dropped on 66 by Callum Thorp at mid-wicket off Paul Wiseman, went on to 72 before he also fell to Harmison, who bowled a lengthy spell from the Rugby Stand end.

Vaughan seemed a little late on a delivery that kept low and bowled him as Yorkshire slipped to 184-4. And the home team lost their fifth wicket just before the break when Andrew Gale, having played well for 32, was caught behind off the lively Thorp.

Darren Gough hit a breezy 34 towards the end of Yorkshire's innings but the home side were unable to set a challenging target.

Hoggard struck twice in an over to remove Ben Harmison and Will Smith as Durham slipped to 8-2, but Di Venuto and Collingwood led the visitors home.

Second day report:

THE sight of an elderly lady putting Matthew Hoggard through his paces on the outfield prior to the second day's play triggered the light-hearted theory that Yorkshire must have signed a new bowling coach.

Rumours of Steve Oldham's demise, however, proved as exaggerated as Mark Twain's.

Barbara Osborn, a 67-year-old from Guiseley, had simply won an auction to be Yorkshire's honorary 12th man for the day, paying £500 for the privilege at a Hoggard benefit function

Admitting she had "a dodgy hip and a bit of trouble bending down", it was probably just as well Michael Vaughan did not succumb to one of his knee injuries or Darren Gough experience one of his frustrating niggles.

Instead, Mrs Osborn's duties proved no more strenuous than sitting back and watching an intriguing match unfold – although she admitted she would have been happy to ferry a few drinks on for the players.

As Yorkshire's bowlers served up some fairly ordinary stuff during the afternoon, however, Mrs Osborn – granddaughter of former Headingley groundsman Dickie Moulton – could have been forgiven for striding onto the square armed not with a few cups of tea, but with a stern look and a rolling pin.

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A nip-and-tuck encounter in need of a decisive intervention found some critical thrust in the form of the batting of Phil Mustard and Liam Plunkett, who added a Durham record partnership of 143 to slowly but surely shepherd the game away from Yorkshire, who were unable to stem the tide.

So prolific in the one-day format, and fresh from two savage 40s against Yorkshire in the Twenty20 Cup, it is easy to forget Mustard is more than capable of turning it on in the first-class game.

After arriving at the crease with the contest finely balanced, with Durham 127-5 in reply to Yorkshire's first innings 184, Mustard helped his side into the ascendancy in tandem with the spirited Plunkett, who looked nothing like a No 9 as he provided staunch support.

Mustard looked all set for a hundred but fell eight runs short when he was caught behind on the stroke of tea – one of five wickets for Tim Bresnan, whose 5-94 was his best return of the season and the third five-wicket haul of his career.

Plunkett finished undefeated on 68 – six short of his career-best – as Durham lifted their total to 347, a lead of 163.

It left Yorkshire to reflect on a time-honoured verity – namely, that a side can more than hold their own for long periods only to pay a heavy price for just one substandard session.

Durham resumed on 59-3 and had lifted their score to 90 when Ben Harmison, wafting across the line, spooned Bresnan to mid-on, where Gough took a good catch diving forward.

Gough kept things tight while conceding only 10 runs from his first eight overs and sent back the dangerous Albie Morkel just before lunch when the South African was caught behind by Gerard Brophy.

Shortly before that, Steve Patterson combined with Brophy to account for Dale Benkenstein after the Durham captain had proceeded to 40 with few alarms.

Benkenstein's first-class record against Yorkshire is worthy of note; in 14 innings he has scored 882 runs against them at 80.18.

Paul Wiseman played on to Bresnan three balls after lunch as Durham slipped to 161-7 and, at that stage, Yorkshire were right back in the match.

But Mustard and Plunkett played sensibly and with flashes of elegance as Yorkshire's fielders were given the run-around.

To rub salt into the home side's wounds, Plunkett and Steve Harmison added 39 for the last wicket before Patterson wrapped things up by having Harmison caught at deep mid-off; interestingly, leg-spinner Adil Rashid bowled only six of the 94.1 overs sent down.

When Yorkshire batted a second time, Michael Vaughan avoided the dreaded pair when he tucked his first delivery away through mid-wicket for two, but Yorkshire were soon in trouble when Jacques Rudolph and Anthony McGrath were caught behind to leave them 13-2 in the eighth over.

Vaughan, however, did an admirable job as he went on to an undefeated 48, made from 52 balls with eight fours. The England captain received good support from Adam Lyth (33 not out) as Yorkshire closed on 88-2, 75 runs behind.

DISPLAY OF THE DAY

Phil Mustard

The Durham wicketkeeper struck 16 fours and a six on his way to 92 from 110 balls as the visitors gained the upper hand at Headingley.